35. Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
36. (17:1) The Lord spoke to Moses:
37. “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire at a distance.
38. As for the censers of these men who sinned at the cost of their lives, they must be made into hammered sheets for covering the altar, because they presented them before the Lord and sanctified them. They will become a sign to the Israelites.”